Tom Ray's Art Podcast

Stephen Lee Rich is a singer and songwriter living here in Madison. Stephen has been playing music since the 1970s and has done so many things since then. We get together in my own band's studio to talk about what he does, how he got started, and how he ended up moving to Madison. We also talk about how he plans to start an internet variety show.

Links

Stephen Lee Rich Website https://stephenleerich.com

Andina and Rich Musical Duo https://andinaandrich.com

Stephen Lee Rich on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StephenLeeRich

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Julia Hacker is an artist in Toronto Canada who moved there from Russia where she worked as a fashion designer. After trying to find work in Canada Julia started a fashion design boutique of her own. Julia always drew and created artwork and later on after the shop closed decided to go into painting.

Links

Julia Hacker Website https://www.artjuliahacker.com

Julia Hacker on Instagram http://instagram.com/artjuliah

Julia Hacker on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/juliahackerart

Tom Ray's Art Podcast Website https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Craig Snodgrass is a painter, graphic designer but a few years ago, Craig decided to break into the designer toy world with his own Kickstarter-backed action figure, DUP-1, or “Duppy”. Now he makes what he calls SnodBOTs and in addition started a subscription service of his creations called the Bot of the Month Subscription Box

Links

Craig Snodgrass Website https://www.snodgrassart.com

Craig Snodgrass on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/snodgrassart

Craig Snodgrass on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/craigsnodgrassart

Tom Ray's Podcast website - https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Mortimur K is an artist, writer & musician living in Seattle. We talk about his work and how he ended up moving to Seattle on a whim. His photographs also become multimedia pieces and sometimes cross over into the poetry he writes. He reads his poems at story slams and we discuss the fear of performing in public. Check out the conversation as I meet Mortimur K.

Links

Mortimur K Website https://www.skinnytoothproductions.com

Mortimur K on Instagram

Art - https://www.instagram.com/mortimurk/

Writing - https://www.instagram.com/mortimurkwrites/

Music - https://www.instagram.com/slavesofsylvia/

Tom Ray's Podcast website - https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Cullah is a musician from Milwaukee WI. Every year for the past 15 years Cullah has released an album on his birthday. And this year was no different! We talk about making albums, what he's learned as a musician after a year of the shutdown, creative commons music, and even philosophy books. 

Links

Cullah Website https://www.cullah.com

Tom Ray's Art Podcast website - https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Forrest Voedisch is a Jewelry designer here in Madison WI, Forrest along with making and designing jewelry also bought a local jewelry-making studio and started what is now known as Metric Forrest Studio. We talk about how this business does its wholesale products and what it was like to buy a company just a few months before the national quarantine.

Links

Forrest Voedisch Website https://www.metricforreststudio.com

Forrest Voedisch on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/metricforreststudio

Forrest Voedisch on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Metric-Forrest-Studio-101929874561073

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https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Angelica Contreras is an artist here in Madison WI, Angelica is a painter who also includes mixed media into her work exploring the relationships between identity, tradition, and pop culture, incorporating techniques like acrylic, oil, and collage. We talk about why Angelica moved to Madison and how her father collected things and this started the idea of working with mixed media.

Links

Angelica Contreras Website https://www.angelicacontreras.net

Angelica Contreras on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/senoritagalleta

Podcast website - https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Ciara Nash is an artist here in Madison WI, She currently has a degree in art therapy and a minor in graphic design. She plans to become a certified art therapist to introduce the therapeutic benefits and positive influences of art. We also talk about how Ciara hosted online paint and sips and has plans to do more classes online. Plus, how she has started booking graphic design work through her Facebook page and has done public work and murals, speaking at these events to share the message behind her work.

Links

Ciara Nash Website https://ceenashsarts.com

Ciara Nash on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ceenashsarts_

Ciara Nash on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ceenashart

Tom Ray's Art Podcast Website https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Judy Robb is a Wisconsin-based painter who is inspired by history and the stories behind it. Judy's background also includes technology and running a honey business with her husband. Judy also has a lot of interesting stories behind her artistic pursuits including going out west to become a photographer and while working on a documentary about biker culture she met Rusty Dennis who was played by Cher in the movie Mask.

Links

Judy Robb's Website https://www.judyrobb.com

Judy's Honey business https://vandehoney.com

Judy Robb on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vandehoney

Learn more about this podcast at https://www.tomrayswebsite.com

Caroline Lee is a podcaster based in England who in the past few years has started learning illustration and graphic design. I have actually known Caroline and her husband Dave Lee for many years from their podcast The Bugcast. So I was really happy when Caroline had agreed to be on the show to talk about her new venture to learn illustration to expand her career. Plus, it's always nice to talk to them! We discuss all the online drawing prompts and lessons she's been taking and her experience from using a tablet to trying to figure out vector programs like Adobe Illustrator.

Links

Caroline Lee on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theinstamoo

Caroline Lee and Dave Lee's podcast The Bugcast https://thebugcast.org

Tom Ray's Art Podcast https://www.tomrayswebsite.com